morning ABCs

Elias' "reading" ability amazed me yet again this morning. Is this just the mom in me, or is he really quite unusually advanced for his age?

After hosting a Madison Single Moms by Choice BBQ last night (which was great!), I didn't clean up a whole lot, so toys are everywhere even more than usual. After being awoken at 5:54am by Elias' clapping, this time accompanied by "Elwo? Elwo?" ('Hello'), I changed his diaper and was led out, stumbling, to a living room strewn with wooden alphabet blocks. While I fiddled with the remote, waiting for PBS to begin its broadcast day which just might enable me to go back to bed for 1/2 hour, Elias plopped himself down in the midst of the blocks. In quick succession, he handed me blocks while confidently declaring the letter on each of them: D! L! M! P! S! F! D! O! M! (OK, that last one was really a W, but that totally counts). The only one he got wrong was mistaking an E for F. He was very proud of himself, and I am too. Have I mentioned that he's a genius?

BTW, I was able to snatch another 20 minutes in bed. That was nice. Another little bonus this morning was on the way to daycare, only about a mile from home. I had his window down and he was loving the warm wind in his face, laughing, squealing, & giggling and thrashing head, arms and legs in delight: an irresistable pictue of unbounded joy. For both of us.